Cigar-cutter.



*0. WILHERMSDORFER.

' CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15. 1915.

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CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed September 15, 1915. Serial No. 50,740.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO l/VILHERMS- corner, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Cutter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a cutter; to provide means for trimming the ends of cigars at an established length thereof; to provide a simple and efficient scale for determining the length of cigars, operable in conjunction with the means for trimming; to provide a cutting blade and means for rotating the same during the active period thereof; and to provide means for safeguarding the hand of the operator while using the cutter.

Drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of an implement of the character mentioned, constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is an end View of the same, and Fig. 3 is a section of an end fragment of the same, the section being taken as on the line 33 in Fig. 2.

Descriptz'0n.As seen in the drawings, the preferred embodiment of the invention is assembled on a block 8. The upper surface of the block 8 is provided with a topopening channel 9. Shaped to conform with the channel 9, forming an end continuation thereof, is a face plate 10, which is rigidly secured in service on the block 8, by suitable fastenings, such as the countersunk screw 11 and wing screw 12. Adjacent the edge of the channel 9 is a scale plate 13. 40 The plate 13 is graduated with reference to the outer face of the plate 10, and is provided with markings which read away from said face.

The plate extends above the upper sur- 45 face of the block 8, and has a boss 14 which forms a bearing for a pivot shaft 15. The

pivot shaft 15 is rigidly mounted on a swinging guard plate 16, which plate has a pivot shaft 17 on which is rotatably mounted a circular rotary cutting blade 18. The face plate 10 on which the plate 16 is pivoted, has an extension 19, the groove 20 wherein forms a partial support and guide for the shaft 17 as shown best in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

vention, the blade 18 has integrally'formed In the preferred embodiment of the in 15 on which the plate 16 is mounted,

in its relation to the pivot screw 23 on which the rack 22 is mounted, the movement of the axis of the wheel 21 and blade 18 is toward said pivot shaft, thereby causing the wheel 21 to ride over the rack 22, with the result that the wheel 21 and rack 22 are rotated. The rack 22 is held in engagement with the wheel 21 and moved in correspondence with the movement thereof by a spring 24, as seen best in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The rotation thus provided with the blade 18 is continued until the lower edge thereof passes the sharpened incurved edge 25 of a blade 26. The blade 26 is relatively stationary, being set and held in position by the wing screw 12. Provision is made to adjust the blade 26 to rotate the same about the shaft 15, a curved slot 27 being formed adjacent the edge of the blade through which the shank of the screw 12 passes. By forming a half bearing for the blade 26 on the shaft 15, provision is made for the removal of the blade whenever the screw 12 is removed from the plate 10. This enables the removal of the blade 26 Whenever it is considered necessary to sharpen the same.

A series of holes 28 are formed in the channel 9 for receiving the shank of a post 29. The head of the post 29 is perforated to form a slide for the stem 30 of a platen 31. The platen 31 is shaped to fit the channel 9, and to overhang the upper edges thereof. The disposition of the platen 31 in the channel 9 is regulated by a set screw 32.

Then arranging the post 29 and platen 31, the shank of the post is disposed in any convenient hole 28. The screw 32 is loosened, and the platen 31 is then moved to and from the post until the overhanging edge of the platen registers with the marking on the scale 13 for which it is intended. This arrangement sets the platen 31 to regulate'the length of the cigars to be trimmed. Operationmen using the apparatus,

the operator sets the platen 31 to the desired distance from the cutting edge 25 of the blade 26, using for this purpose the scale on the plate 13. By manipulating the screw 32, the platen is now fixed. Cigars are led into the channel 9, the butt or closed end thereof resting lightly against the surface of the platen 31, and the open or unfinished end extending over the edge 25. The operator then engages the handle guard 33, and by applying pressure thereon, rocks the plate 16' on the shaft 15. This action depresses the cutting edge of the blade 18 upon the cigar to sever the same. As the blade 18 descends, it is rotated, the rotation resulting from the engagement of the rack 22' with the wheel 21. The blade thus descending through the tobacco of which the cigar is made, forms a clean and clear out leaving the end of the cigar finished. hen having severed the end of the cigar, the operator releases the handle 33 permitting the spring 34 to lift the same, the plate 16, andthe blade 18 connected therewith. The body of the spring 3 1- is wrapped about the shaft 15, forming the coil 35, which coil 01)- erates eXpa-nsively to press outwardly against the nut 36, drawing the plate 16 and parts connected therewith inwardly, thus securing a grinding action of the cutting edges of the blades 18 and 26.

Claims:

1. A cigar cutter comprising a block hav ing a guide channel; a rotary blade piv0t ally mounted on said block for swinging across the end of said channel; a geartoothed member fixedly mounted on said blade; a rack pivotally connected with said block and engaging the teeth of said member, the pivot of said rack being disposed in spaced relation tothe pivot of said blade for varying the operative relation of the center of said blade and the pivot; of said rack whereby said blade is rotated when moved on the pivotal mounting thereof.

2. A cigar cutter comprising a block having a guide channel; a rotary blade pivotally mounted on said block for swinging across the end of said channel; a gear-toothed member fixedly mounted on said blade; a rack pivotally connected with said block and engaging the teeth of said member, the pivot of said rack being disposed in spaced relation to the pivot of said blade for varying the operative relation of the center of said blade and the pivot of said rack whereby said blade is rotated when moved on the pivotal mounting thereof; and a handle guard mounted on the supporting structure" for said blade for moving said blade about the pivotal support thereof.

OTTO WILHERMSDORFER.

WVitnesses:

E. F. Mnnnoon, PHILIP D. R ormmns'.

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